(4237) Raushenbakh

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Asteroid
(4237) Raushenbakh
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt
Major semi-axis 2,647  AU
eccentricity 0.093
Perihelion - aphelion 2.4004 AU - 2.893 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.16 °
Length of the ascending node 345.28 °
Sidereal period 4.31 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 12.9 mag
history
Explorer NS Tschernych
Date of discovery September 24, 1979
Another name 1979 SD 4
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(4237) Raushenbakh is a main belt asteroid that was discovered on September 24, 1979 by Nikolai Stepanowitsch Tschernych at the Crimean Observatory .

The asteroid was named after the physicist Boris Wiktorowitsch Rauschenbach .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel: Dictionary of minor planet names . Vol. 1. Springer, Berlin & New York 2003

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